Jaclyn Roessel

Education and Public Programs Director at the Heard Museum

Power of the Confluence: Co-creating Fluid Community Partnerships
Jaclyn’s WestMusings focuses on the reverence many indigenous communities have for the confluence of two rivers and how that can inspire greater community engagement...

Niki Ciccotelli Stewart

Chief Engagement Officer at Crystal Bridges Museum

The Crooked Path
Niki has worked in the arts for more than twenty years, as an artist, educator, and administrator. Niki's WestMusings reflects on her "wonderfully crooked" career path and what she has learned from her non-linear...

Dave Stroud

Director of Interactive Exhibits at Thanksgiving Point

FrankenBikes
In his WestMusings, Dave shares how his recycling hobby of cutting up and reassembling castoff bicycles revealed much more than just eye-catching art vehicles, it affected his relationship to everything.